About this vendor
WHO WE ARE.
JESSE + MOIRA LA PLANTE
We do things a bit differently. We’re not big on taking standard, posey photos. We specialize in nontraditional wedding photography and everything you see on our website is real. Real weddings. Real couples. Real emotion. Our goal isn’t to simply take pretty pictures, but to create works of art that are unique to you and worthy of hanging above your mantlepiece. We limit our calendar to 20 weddings per year so we can pour every ounce of our blood, sweat and tears into each wedding.
MEET JESSE
PHOTOJOURNALIST. WORLD TRAVELER. TACO FIEND.
I’ve been shooting weddings for 15 years. Before that, I was a professional photojournalist.
If pressed, I could probably eat around 47 tacos.
Skiing is my favorite pastime. We have two seasons here at J. La Plante Photo: wedding season and ski season.
One of my greatest joys in life is cracking a beer after a long wedding day.
I love to travel. I’ve been to all 50 United States and 18 foreign countries. So far…
Moira and I have been together for 15 years and not a day goes by that I don’t wonder just what in the hell she sees in me.
MEET MOIRA
JANE OF ALL TRADES. BIBLIOPHILE. PUPPY ENTHUSIAST.
Events are in my blood. I grew up in a family-owned catering business and planned events at Georgetown University before I ever picked up a camera.
If I see a dog, I consider it to be a good day.
I spent the first part of the pandemic befriending the squirrels in our backyard. I’ve given them names.
My idea of a perfect evening is a warm blanket, a good book and a glass of whiskey.
I’m a meticulous notetaker. I have dozens of notebooks with funny sayings on the covers. A current favorite is “F*cking Brilliant Ideas.”
Jesse and I met on spring break in the Bahamas. He offered to buy me a drink. It was an all-inclusive resort.
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Reviews
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I can not say enough great things about Jesse and Moira! They are not only superb in their craft, but amazing people. They made us feel so comfortable, as we are both very shy and ...
not photogenic. They were great with our wants and needs while also guiding us to have the best experience and pictures. They have such a unique style and there's nothing cookie cutter about their photos. They were with us all day too which is insane and so amazing. They captured so many great moments. I can't thank them enough ♥️
Jesse and Moira are the greatest photographers on planet earth. Their talent is unpresented, and they're so down-to-earth and fun to work with! Working with them was an absolute dr...
eam come true. I cannot wait for my next adventure to hire them. They are truly legends. HIRE THEM! They will create pure magic and perfection for you engagement/wedding/portrait needs. LOVE Jesse and Moira! Thank you so much!
Jesse and Moira are on another level of photography skill/lighting, customer service, *and* human kindness. You will be glad you hired them!
Jesse & Moira are AMAZING not only are their photos fantastic, but they are super fun themselves! We can't say more great things about them - they are the best. If you can hire the...
m - DO IT
My husband and I couldn’t be happier with our wedding photos! We hired Moira and Jesse to shoot our NYE wedding in Estes Park, Colorado. Our hope was to take advantage of the time ...
of year and location to capture the fairytale “snow globe” look. During our consultation, M&J were upfront and honest with us about making our vision a reality and gave us an outline of how the day would look if we wanted pictures in Rocky Mountain National Park. We were able to capture both indoor and outdoor pictures that day, which turned out unreal! M&J were great to work with and listened to every detail we mentioned to them in the weeks/days leading up to our wedding. They are a phenomenal husband/wife team with endless capabilities! They’re also fun to hang with, too! You’d definitely WANT them around on your wedding day! Thank you, Moira and Jesse!
If you have the privilege to hire Jesse & Moira, do it & consider yourself super lucky. We are incredibly grateful that we were able to work with them! Their portfolio speaks for i...
tself in terms of knowing you’re in the best hands & will end up with phenomenal photos. Somehow even more impressive than that is how amazingly friendly, funny, & personable these two are. We chose them for their insane talent, but what I appreciated even more was their personalities & how seamlessly they fit right in and quickly felt like friends. (Which was comforting & awesome on a day that has the potential to be a bit overwhelming!)
We knew we were going to have jaw droppingly gorgeous photos (based on their past work), but we weren’t sure what to expect or what it’d be like having them at our wedding. We wanted our day captured beautifully, but didn’t want to feel micromanaged or have organic moments interrupted to be posed. Jesse & Moira managed to be everywhere throughout the entire day to capture EVERY important thing, but in a way that was super comfortable and unobtrusive. (Our venue was a large outdoor property at high altitude with rough terrain…I actually have no idea how they covered the ground that they did! We never noticed them running around, but they must have been constantly on the move to capture everything that they did! Incredible!)
They are exactly the people you want to have with you throughout your day, and the end result will blow you away! (Looking at our photos instantly brings me back to the wedding day & I get to re-live everything…including even things that I didn’t get to see firsthand on the day-of, which is pretty magical!) Can’t possibly recommend them enough!
We were looking for distinctive photography—J. La Plante captured moments of bliss, laughter, movement, and natural beauty. This is more than simple posed photos—their photograph...
y exudes excitement, uniqueness, and emotion.
Moira and Jesse maximized venue scenery with creative perspectives and color brilliance from day and the night. We used glowsticks and bubbles for our Grand Exit and the photos provided the color, the movement, and the energy we all felt the entire day into the night. It makes a big difference to have 2 photographers from different angles.
Moira made it easy to carry on detailed and sincere discussions regarding our interests and questions prior to our event (and even post-wedding); she answered all questions and offered opportunities to provide specific photos to be taken at the wedding. They were able to get the digital photos to us within about a month or so after our wedding and we are extremely happy with the quality and communication.
Additionally, in the process of ordering the prints, Moira immediately communicated and solved an issue on the website and provided an additional day to order our prints—total customer satisfaction. We were extremely pleased with her follow-through in resolving the ordering issue plus her constant availability via verbal and written communication.
Jesse and Moira did such an amazing job with both our engagement session and our wedding and they are so much fun to work with! We had multiple things changing every single day wit...
h our covid wedding, including changing the state we were even getting married in! Jesse and Moira were still able to come out of state last minute to capture our big day! Their pictures are so unique and so creative, and they really do tell a story of the day. They captured all our very emotional parts of the day too which is so amazing to have and to cherish. We are so thankful they got such amazing pictures and also dealt with all of our changes and putting up with us! An easy 5 star for sure!
Bottom line up front: the quality of their work speaks for itself. If you want traditional, boring, trite wedding pictures that look like everything you’ve ever seen before in a s...
tock photo frame insert, then please go with anyone else. But if you want your wedding photos to reflect the unique magic and excitement of YOUR big day, then your decision to hire Jesse and Moira will be one of the best decisions of your life (before you commit to your “I do’s” that is 😉).
Like any significant investment, it’s always important to “shop around” before deciding on which company best suits your vision, style, tastes, and budget. If you’ve made it to this review, you need look no further. If the amazing color, creativity, and quality of their stunning photography on their website isn’t enough to blow your mind, just know that Moira and Jesse are two of the most personable, friendly, helpful, BRILLIANT artists with whom we have ever had the privilege to work. Of any part of the wedding, it’s the photographers who capture the moments, trap with energy and sentiment of the occasion in a timeless frame, and make the memories last a lifetime and beyond. So, of course you want to get it right! Well, I can sincerely avow that you can only go wrong by NOT choosing to work with these two! They are an exceptional team that makes your most important day even more vivid and amazing that you could possibly remember. Their finished product comes alive before you and you feel like you are there in midst of it all once again! In breath-taking detail, they take advantage of every pixel in the environment, scenery, and ambiance to encapsulate a unique essence that simply cannot--and will not--ever be replicated for any wedding again! And while you are stressing about your next move, they are an invisible hand by your side, guiding you effortlessly through the day—and transforming all of those present adventures and anxieties into future memories and astonishing works of art that you are going to treasure and share and relive for the rest of your lives!!
When I tell you my husband doesn't like pictures, I mean I MAYBE get one picture out of him. Two pictures? That's out of the question. Enter J. La Plante Photo. Jesse and Moira mak...
e taking pictures FUN! After our Alt session, my (now) husband could not wait to see them again for wedding photos and fun.
Not only do their pictures and talent blow everyone else out of the water, but they are genuinely awesome people who make taking pictures relaxing and entertaining at the same time. My family and friends cannot get enough of them and their pictures, nor can we obviously! They are so unique and captured us and our loved ones so perfectly.
I mean it when I say they are the absolute best, hands down, nothing even comes close. The insane shots and memories you will get from them are something you will cherish forever.
Wedding pictures are a big deal, and having the right photographers can make or break your day. Our wedding would not have been the same without Jesse and Moira, and I could never thank them enough for being who they are as individuals and as a team, and for utilizing their extreme and unique talent to give us the most epic pictures.
If you are lucky enough to book them, rest assured you are in fantastic hands and your wedding events will be one for the books!
Moira and Jesse are a husband and wife duo and they were the absolute best to work with. Their work speaks for itself, but they went above and beyond what we expected of them. They...
were at the venue before us (scouting out locations and taking some scenery pics) and were literally the last 'guests' to leave at the end of the night. Even as we were dealing with a minor issue with the shuttle at the end of the night, Moria patiently waited for me to handle it before SHE DROVE me and my husband to a final location down the street that Jesse was already waiting at (scouting again!) to take a few more pictures of us. They then drove us back to the venue where we said our goodbyes. Another amazing aspect of working with them - we had about 30 edited and AMAZING pictures within 5 days of our wedding that they had given to us as a sneak peak while we waited for the rest! I have other friends who got married weeks before us that are still waiting on their photos. So grateful we chose Jesse and Moira and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM.
I cannot even put into words how amazing J. La Plante is!!! The images of our day are alone worth a 5 star review, but if I could rate them even higher, I would in a heartbeat! On...
the day of- they truly went above and beyond to make sure that the day went smoothly. Not only did they capture amazing moments, they coordinated our first touch as well as other events to ensure that our timeline went smoothly. We honestly were instantly comfortable with both Jesse and Moira, and are so beyond grateful for all they did to both make our day special, and for capturing such timeless and beautiful moments. Thank you!!
Jesse and Moira are creative, committed and personalized for the couples they work with. We did an incredible ski day shoot at Vail which they planned, and captured true emotion an...
d the party that was our wedding. We loved working with them as they are organized, polite, and polished. Highly recommend!
Talk about gorgeous photos! Jesse and Moira are so artistic in their work. I searched LONG and HARD for just the right photographers, and as soon as I saw their work, I knew they w...
ere who I wanted to capture my wedding. The samples that we've gotten from our wedding thus far have blown my husband and I away. We are THRILLED and cannot wait for the full album. The couple also did our engagement photos. We have gotten amazing compliments on them, including that they are some of the best engagement photos people have ever seen. We are so pleased and our jaws literally dropped with amazement the first time we saw them. Jesse and Moira are fun to work with and make you feel relaxed and at ease the entire time. They make the perfect team, and work synchronously with each other. They floated around us inconspicuously throughout the wedding; they weren't intrusive and yet they caught incredibly close and precious moments. Their work is crisp and clear, with lovely coloring. If you desire photographs like none-other, then go with J. La Plante Photo. You won't be disappointed.
We could not speak more highly of Jesse and Moira. We enjoyed every minute spent in their company and their photos were flawless, real, and captured the energy, magic, and dreams ...
of our wedding day. We received several amazing photos only a few days after the wedding, and then all of the complete pictures in just a few weeks. They were unobtrusive, friendly and artistic, capturing all the angles and highlights and allowing us to experience our wedding time and time again with each image captured. Every friend and family member who has seen our wedding photos are always quick to complement the quality of pictures and say “you had a great wedding photographer.” This team should be high on your list to help capture your wedding day.
Jesse and Moira were absolute fantastic! They are knowledgeable, professional, accommodating and above all so TALENTED! Your photographers are some of the most important people on ...
your wedding day because you will interact with them the most. Jesse and Moira have a wonderful ability to make you feel comfortable around them and they have this talent to capture your most authentic moments and feelings of the day. We will cherish our wedding photos for years to come. They are so beautiful and unique! I cannot say enough about how amazing these individuals are. 10/10 would recommend to anyone looking for truly fantastic wedding photos.
Look no further... Jesse and Moira were the most professional, talented, creative, honest, confident, compassionate, laid back and overall incredible team we could have ever imagin...
ed. We met them after finding our favorite photos - theirs - of our venue (Copper Mountain, CO) and they completely out did our expectations. The preview shots we've received so far are stunning, unique, creative, and reflective of the most important moments of our day. They captured the heart of what felt like fleeting moments and highlighted so much of the beauty throughout the day. They are talented and professional beyond measure - but these are also world class humans. From first meeting to goodbye on the night of and every email and phone call in-between they were genuine, honest, helpful, and compassionate. My wife found Moira particularly comforting to her as a bride who was not used to being photographed, providing patient and experienced advice. Jesse's passion for what he does is evident and his creativity and thoughtfulness let you know that your photos will be pieces of art. We built our day-of team around their suggestions and were blown away. Does The Knot have a six-star option?
Jesse and Moira were more than we ever could have hoped for. They captured our wedding so completely and vibrantly. Scrolling through the sneak peek photos brought tears to our ey...
es as we re-lived our wedding through the moments they captured. I’ve shared the photos with co-workers, friends, and pretty much anyone else who will listen and they say the same two things, “These are the most spectacular wedding photos I’ve ever seen” and “I feel like I was there.” People told my husband Kacey and I that our wedding day would fly by, and they’re right, it did. But when nostalgia strikes or we want to re-live getting ready, seeing each other for the first time, crying as I walk down the aisle, our ceremony, or the love that surrounded us that day, all we have to do is look through the photos from Jesse and Moira. We are forever delighted with their work and so thankful for their artistry.
If you’re hoping for catalog-worthy pictures of centerpieces, choose from any of the hundreds of wedding photographers who capture the “details” of the day. If you want to see, in two-dimensions, your love story, your happiness, and the vibrancy of your wedding day, choose J. La Plante.
Jesse and Moira make a wonderful photographer team. We are so happy with our photos, they are vibrant, colorful and really capture the wonderful moments from the day. They were i...
ncredibly professional and efficient. The group photos were done in time so that we weren't late starting the reception and the sunset and night time photos we did later were done quickly so we could get back to the party. The rest of the time they were around taking wonderful photos without being intrusive
We loved working with Jesse and Moira for our wedding. They were very laid back and flexible on our wedding day, and the photos turned out wonderfully. They captured our day beauti...
fully and completely unobtrusively.
We would highly recommend them to anyone!
Jesse and Moira were so easy to work with. I did a ton of photographer research ahead of time and felt they offered the best quality for the money and their style was in line with...
what we were looking for.
We met ahead of time and they listened and remembered months later what type of shots we were after. They blended in easily with the activities and many of our guests commented on how nice they were. They quietly and subtly worked their magic and made it fun. They also came to the wedding location a day ahead of time to scope out spots, which helped made the day go smoothly. Overall, we loved them, love our photos and definitely recommend them for your wedding!
Jesse photographed my June wedding at Dunafon Castle. He did such a great job! Everyone said how beautiful the photos were and we barely knew they were there. They are so professio...
nal and helpful. If you're getting married in Colorado, call Jesse!
Minimal preparations were taken but we were very pleased with our pictures.
Jesse and his assistant Moira did an AMAZING job! we had a lot of fun taking pictures with them!
Jesse and his assistant were very easy to work with. We hired them due to easy nature. AND they took beautiful pictures!!
We had Jesse and his assistant Mora do our photography for our wedding and we also included the photo booth for our reception and they did a wonderful job! We had a great time and ...
so did our guests. Thank you guys for making our day memorable.
Jesse and his assistant Moira are a pleasure to work with. As a photojournalist, he has a very neat approach to photographing the wedding day. He is flexible in poses--if you hav...
e specific shots, you can have them, or you can have him wing it, which produced some incredible shots for us. He is priced very well and offers a good range of packages to fit your wedding needs.
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